Animals and public health: why treating animals better is critical to human welfare

A compelling argument of how human health is adversely affected by our poor treatment of non-human animals. The author contents that in order to successfully confront the 21st Century's health challenges, we need to broaden the definition of the word 'public' in public health to include non-human animals. AYSHA AKHTARis a neurologist and public health specialist, a Fellow of theOxford Center for Animal Ethics and works with the Office of Counterterrorismand Emerging Threats of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. INDICE: Series Preface - Acknowledgements - The Welfare of Animals and itsRelevance to Our Health - Victims of Abuse: Making the Connection - Lions, Tigers and Bears. The Global Trade in Animals - Foul Farms: the State of Animal Agriculture - Animal Agriculture: Our Health and our Environment - The Costs of Animal Experiments - The New Public Health - Notes and References - Index -

• ISBN: 978-0-230-24973-8
• Editorial: Palgrave MacM
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 240
• Fecha Publicación: 18/11/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés